I felt like reading you a passage from Vladimir Nabokov's Lectures on Literature. Sorry for the poor video quality. I did this on a lark. It's just me and my iPhone. If I decide to post more video content, I will learn how to do a better job of this! But thanks for indulging me … [Read more...]
Deliver Us
I wrote a story about a character named Taylor Swift, and SmokeLong Quarterly was kind enough to publish it. I'm delighted and grateful to see my work appear beside such talented authors in a literary magazine I have admired for years. I hope you'll read everything in SLQ's … [Read more...]
Best American Short Stories
I am thrilled to share that my story, "I Am in It," published in Alaska Quarterly Review, was noted as a Distinguished Story of 2021 in The Best American Short Stories, edited by Andrew Sean Greer with Heidi Pitlor. It was an honor simply to be included in an issue of AQR and a … [Read more...]
Hop into a Car: A Week of Beginnings
There’s a pre-school across the street from my bedroom window with an inviting red door. I’ve been paying attention to doors and openings lately—and to this door in particular. This morning I watch a father dropping his little girl off for the day. She looks tense about it, and … [Read more...]
Copper Nickel Editors’ Prize
Copper Nickel published three of my stories in the Spring 2020 print issue, and I am delighted to announce the magazine has awarded me their Editors' Prize in Prose for Issue 30 for the "most exciting" work in the issue as determined by a vote of their full staff. This was a … [Read more...]
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